Author Notes:

Newbiespud’s Note: No guest author’s note was submitted. Anyway, it’s another crossover with One Piece Grand Line 3.5. You can find the previous parts here, here, and here. Also, this is just one of two this time around.

The guy playing Soarin' is Phil, who plays Usopp in GL3.5, and, well... he's not a regular roleplayer, let's put it like that. He might have only joined the group because he heard there were girls playing.

Most of my characters are very high on the honor bar, and unless the enemy uses a honor less move do they fight unhonorably in return. One character I played before hover, was a little more then, angry, when the enemy decided to use hostages as well. Sure, the character I had wasn't really a good guy to begin with, but when he learned about the guys with living shields, I technically lost my character to play as for a bit. It was as funny after the fact, dealing a 84% enemy casualty on his own, that it was the DM's idea for what would happen.

My drow rogue from my writings' party is a cheerful, happy-go-lucky hedonist, and generally kind to beggars and the like (when they have the guts to ask) - "Ask and ye shall receive," and all that. However, if one demands instead of asking, they will bleed until they have no blood, and lemon juice may be involved. His smile only broadens as they scream. More than once, he's been strolling by a town getting raided by orcs, and only stops to help when some desperate townie begs him to, because why not? They asked nicely!
He had an... interesting childhood, like most expatriate drow.

Personally, I'm with Kaze Koichi on this one. I don't really like the idea of violence in the first place (I'm a pacifist), but violence to be the main thing for a dating game? seriously? It's the same reason I dislike Football (the American version).

Plus, imagine how freaking terrible that would be for those who weren't like Rainbow or Applejack.

I know this seems long and unnerving for the more, "cool", people, but seriously. (Face hits keyboard a few times).

@Specter - Well, it wouldn't be forced on people. If it was, then violence would be called for to end the violence! And that's where paladins come from. ...hmm; a paladin who reads Mao Zedong sounds like fun...
Reply to Raxon erased for being overly misinterpretable and/or creepy.

There are many unpleasant things. Nobody who truly understands war wants to participate in one. War is a violent, terrible thing, which should never be the first option. However, a nation must defend itself. In addition, there is a complicated international social system in place. Basically, if someone makes an attack on you, and you just sit there and take it, others will attack you thinking you're weak and vulnerable. Thus, a retaliatory strike is required to ward off future attacks. At least, that's how it was until recently.

Long story short, pacifism and kindness are nice here in the first world, but countries with starving people, without the comforts you take for granted, can only be ruled through force, because when there isn't enough to go around, people are not friendly and generous. They are not neighborly.

People devolve into violent savages when placed in desperate situations out of necessity. Not because they want to, but because they must in order to survive. That is why most third world countries have volatile political climates, and regimes rise and fall every couple of years.

That said, organized martial arts are not the savagery war is. It is a sporting competition, not a life or death struggle.

Heh. I used to be a pacifist, too. If your moral high road requires everyone else to respect your moral high road to function, you won't last long. I'm not knocking peace or peaceful solutions, I'm just saying that sometimes, peace can only be obtained after you have shown your resolve to fight.

Also, for reference, two women catfighting does not interest me. A regular catfight is boring, and I find myself disappointed. What I enjoy is watching two skilled and powerful participants face each other in such a way that they are at least fairly evenly matched.

Specter, while I respect your views, morales, and opinions; I'm gonna have to agree almost literally everything Raxon said. The only thing I have yet to actually witness is a real catfight and then I can decide as to whether or not they are entertaining.

Specter I'm a pacifist too. There is a big difference between violence and a sport. A sport is something done with rules and regulations to prevent injury, and is performed on a voluntary basis with all involved. Violence usually has neither of those factors, especially the first part, and has serious real life consiquences. If you not like them, that's nine. Heck, I wouldn't watch the show either, not because I'm a pacifist, but because it sounds tacky and low grade.

Yeah, I know. I just have to large a biased thought towards anything my family has ever done (kind of like coffee). But I do know that there are reasons all of those exist. Heck, in most simulation games like SimCity or civilization, I sort of help promote those stuff. So yeah, you can all pretty much say I am biased on the subject and hypocritical. (It's all the same)